Subject: Re: Open Firmware issue....
To: netbsd-macppc <port-macppc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Bruce Anderson <brucea396@comcast.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/11/2007 04:33:29
On Wed, May 9, 2007 9:07 AM, Niels S. Eliasen <mailto:nse@ruc.dk> wrote:
>Hi guys
>I have a problem with my trusty old Powerbook 3500(Open Firmware  
>2.0.1) ....
>
>Whenever I reboot the system it stops with a black screen... but  
>forcing it into Open Firmware I just type "boot" and everything boots  
>fine....
>
>Somewhere there was a hint with
>setenv boot-command " screen" output boot
>
>.. and I tried that but still no luck in getting the system to  
>autoboot (yes! the auto-boot? flag is set to true)
>
>Any ideas ??
>


You need to wait for the hd to spin up and then autoboot-boot? true

boot-command 
0 15  do i 0= if ['] bye else ['] boot then  catch 3E8 ms cr -1 +loop 

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